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Departmental Overview

UC Berkeley's University Health Services (UHS) at the Tang Center provides comprehensive medical, mental health, insurance and health promotion services to all Berkeley students, and a variety of health programs for faculty and staff. Approximately 65,000 visits occur annually including Primary Care, Urgent Care, Occupational Health and Specialty Clinics. Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) supports the emotional, psychological, educational, social and cultural development of all UC Berkeley students through a wide range of multiculturally based counseling, psychiatric, career, consultation, training and educational services. Learn more about UHS by visiting https://uhs.berkeley.edu/employment

Responsibilities

Grounded in a biopsychosocial approach to behavioral medicine, Psychiatrists provide students with comprehensive psychiatric assessment, evidence-based medical treatments, and ongoing management of a wide- variety of acute and chronic mental health conditions. In addition to providing direct clinical care to students, we collaborate closely with the clinicians at UHS and in the local community to provide psychiatric consultation, coordination of care, and continuity of care referrals when appropriate.

I. Direct Patient Care - Performs procedures associated with area of specialization ( psychiatry).The Psychiatrist provides direct patient service including new patient evaluation (emergent, urgent and routine), follow up care and case management as required, consultation, etc. This includes the following:

Initial intake evaluation for patients referred to psychiatry. This includes an appropriate history, current medications, allergies, pertinent medical and psychiatric history and an appropriate mental status and physical examination.

Consult with colleagues when appropriate.Clinical Consultation Sees psychiatry patients requiring a higher degree of subject matter expertise or primarily sees patients in a consultative basis in area of specialty.

The incumbent provides high quality psychiatry consultation regarding patient assessment and management for staff members in Clinical Services (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants); Counseling and Psychological Services (including post docs, interns and other trainees); Social Services, and other UHS staff, as needed.

This may include identification and implementation of case management strategies, situation assessment and management (e.g. aberrant behavior), etc. Facilitation of care and appropriate disposition is emphasized.

II. Management of Challenging CasesThe incumbent provides consultation and assistance to assure appropriate management of complex cases. This may include assuming overall management of challenging clinical cases, complex family relationships or academic issues, aberrant behavior or suicide prevention and response.

III. AdministrativeReview Requests for Medical RecordsFrom time to time, the Psychiatrist provides clinical analysis and input as needed to review outside requests for UHS psychiatry records.

IV. Maintain professional standards of documentation.

Presenting problem, history, examination, clinical recommendations and other patient contacts will be documented in the psychiatric record.

Written chart notes are succinct, legible, accurate and completed in a timely fashion.

Please submit your cover letter and resume as a single attachment when applying.

Other Information

Employment is contingent on successful completion of: Background Check, Acceptable Medical Evaluation that includes infectious disease surveillance and proof of current required vaccinations or immunity levels, and successful credentials verification.

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Mandated Reporter

This position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter required to report the observed or suspected abuse or neglect of children, dependent adults, or elders to designated law enforcement or social service agencies. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon completion of signed statements acknowledging the responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter.

The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its flagship campus - envisioned as a "City of Learning" - was established at Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world's premier public university and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay Area, California, and the nation.